One thing I enjoy about “opposites attract” kind of lovers is when the two are superficially different but share the same morals/values under it all, but the process of discovering that is a slow one and hampered by the fact that they have to learn each other’s language, so to speak. They both have very different ways of communicating and showing trust and affection, so like the angsty brooding character is suspicious of the bubbly character’s care because they believe it’s insincere, while the bubbly character doesn’t notice the angsty one’s subtle but significant gestures and instead takes their cold demeanour at face value. Then slowly, slowly on their journey together they learn how the other one speaks, and copy each other’s mannerisms, etc, and come to understand their values and how they really feel, like all this is a mouthful to explain but that is *chef kisses fingers* my fucking jam babey
I’ve already talked about the contrast between Yang and Blake’s talk in V7C7 and Adam and Blake’s talk in his Character Short, but I want to also point out a way that the Bumbleby scene last episode parallels a different scene between Adam and Blake too.
When Blake expresses her desire to achieve equality without unnecessary violence, Adam berates her for it and immediately tells her that her dream is “impossible”— that her wish will never come true.
But when Blake shares her desire to do the right thing without unnecessary violence with Yang, instead Yang actually listens to what she says and finds a compromise that will take Blake’s wants into consideration.
His gaslighting of her in his Character Short, that line of his from V3C10, his “I wouldn’t have to be doing this if you’d just behave!” in V6C11— it’s made abundantly clear that Adam never remotely cared what Blake thought or tried to respect her opinions. If she didn’t agree with him she was automatically wrong.
Yang, on the other hand, genuinely cares about what Blake thinks—what Blake wants—and without even being asked always chooses to work with Blake to find a solution that takes Blake’s thoughts and feelings into account rather than dismissing her concerns or manipulating her into “behaving.”